The Oregon mist., October 29, 1897, Image 1

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VOL. XIV.
ST. HELENS, OltEGON, F1UDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1897.
NO. 45.
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HEWS OF THE WEEK
From all Parts of the New
and Old World.
iiBIEP AND INTERESTING ITEM8
Comprehensive Ilevlew of the Import.
... ant llappeulngs of tbe Car
runt Week. ,
Sheldon Jackson, United SUtf su
perintendent of Alaskan school, wh
has just returned from Alaska, say!
There in but on solution to the trans
portation problem in Alaska, and that
in tlio reindeer. -.
Atolal to the Kansas City Journl
from Muskogee, L T., says: The
treaty between the Dawn and Creek
commissions, which was concluded
liars I nit month, rejected by th
Creek council in session at Okinulgce.
A patrol of dervish horsemen raided
village seven ni ilea from Berber, kill
ing 11 men and capturing many
woman, children mid oattle. A detach
ment of Anglo-Egyptian oavalry.seutln
pursuit of tli dervishes overtook thnm
and runted them with heavy loss. The
dervishes abandoned their booty and
The body of Will Ism J. Lyons, an
employ of the Pnoifio Uai Improve
ment Company, of Ban Francisco, waa
found in the bill bark of Berkley with
a bullut-hole in hi head. II waa
short In hi account and attempted to
burn hi book to hide hi or I me. Be
ing discovered in tbia he killed him
self in despair.
Senator Morgan, who ha Just re
turned from an extended visit to Ha
waii, ha expressed liimaetlf a well
pleased with what he saw and the man
nor in whloh he wa enterlainod on
the inland. He ia more than ever en
thusiastic on the subject of annexation,
and intimate that Hawaii will become
a part of thi oountry before the clous
of Uie coming year.
According to Chinese advice just re
ceived in Taeoma, Karl LI Hung Chang
wilt no longer tako an aotive part to
government affair.
Twenty million feet of hemlock ami
1,000 eord of bark have boon con
sumed, reaulting in a loss of $100,000
by a forest lire near Austin, i'a.
The govurnmeiit hai completed af-
ranitement with the Canadian author-
itlo to have letter mail taken Into
Dawson City once a mouth during tho
winter season. The flrtt carrier lis
just left Dyea for Circle City and Daw
con. '
By an explosion at the Colma fusa
workit, at Colma, Cal., Mary Peek wa
killed and eight were srelously and four
slightly wounded. The remain of th
dead girl have not been recovernd from
the building, and it i belioved they
burned.
The London Daily Mail ay it haa
Information from a reliable aouroa that
cholera inn attacked a battalion of the
Shropshire regiment, which i stationed
at Sitapura, Northwest India, and that
40 non-com missioned oiucnrs and pri
vate liavo already sncotuubed.
The Nutate Nachriohten, of Leipsio,
ha published a report of a conversa
tion in which Prince BlHmarck ia
quoted a saying that the Monroe doc
trine ia "uncommon insolence toward
the rest of the world, and does violenos
to the other American interests."
A census ot the Russian omptre haa
just been completed. The population,
as now published, ia 139,211,113, of
which 44,0116.280 are mule and 04,.
684, 883 are femulca. The population
.." of Ktissia In Europe Is nearly 100,000,.
000, or more than throo-fourths of the
. WllolO.,- : "
Telegraphic advice from 'the New
York Ileradl'i correspondent in Hlo da
Janeiro state that a servant in the em
ploy of William T. Town, the United
State consul-general in Klo Jancrio,
mado an unsnocesaful attempt to mur
der the consul-general. Mr. Towno'
assailant waa placed under arrest.
Admiral John L. Worden, ' retired,
died in Washington. He commanded
the Monitor during it engagement
with the Merrimao in Hampton Road
during Uie late war. In 1886 he wa
retirod with full rank and the pay of
an admiral, the only Instance of tha
kind., ; ,,. -: s r
Tlie director of the mint has submit
ted to the socretary of tho treasury a
, report for the flsoal year covering the
derations of tlie mints and assay offi
ces, together with statistic of foreign
countries relative to production, coin
age and monetary condition. The valu
o( the gold deposited at the mints and
assay offluea during the fiscal year 1807
was 1139,105,600. Ot this amount
87,008,887 was original doposlts, aud
$18,103,163 redeposita.
By the explosion of the boiler of the
teamor G. B. Force, in Charleroi, Pa.,;
the captain, James Ryan, and the cook,
William Patterson, were killed. The
body of Patterson was found burled in .
the sand and terribly mutilated. The j
body of the captain has not yet been ,
found. Tlie other of the orow were .
badly scorched and bruised. The ex- j
plosion was so heavy that the earth ,
trombled for more than a mile, and
. 1 -t L .1. - '
windows were oroaeu tiirouguuui m
town.
John Falongos, a resldont of Clifton,
Or., for the past six years, was killed
by the oaving of an embankment on
the grade ot the Astoria & Columbia
Itiver railroad.
A dispatch from Madrid says there I
much disonsslon at the Spanish oapital
on the subjaot of an alliance between
Spain and Portugal, reported to be in
process of negotiation. The Portu
guese minister of marine, who is now
in Madrid, has expressed the bullet
that such an alliance may be accom
plished at any moment.
DEATH IN THE QALE,
Schooner Caspar Wrecked on tha Cal
ifornia Cast.
Point Arena, CaL, Oct. 28. Thirteen
seamen, comprising almost the entire
crew of the schooner Caspar, were
drowned early thi morning by the
wreck of their vessel. The rooky shore
in thi vicinity wa strewn with wreck
age today, but there was ' no way of
identifying the ship until this evening,
when two men from aliore, who had
gone out in a small boat to secure any
of the crew who might still be alive,
picked np Captain Anflndsen and (tea
men Chris Larson, who had been float
ing about on an improvised raft for
over 14 hours.
To his rescuors, Adolph Peterson and
Henry Anderson, the captain said the
bark struck on a reef this morning and
seven minute later capsized. . When
ha tipped over, all the crow were
washed overboard. The steamer oar
ried 10 men, but from the moment tlie
accident occurred the cup tain has seen
none of his orew except bis companion,
Larson, and has no doubt that the oilier
18 have all been lost.
When thrown into tha water, Anflnd
sen and Larson by good fortune were
enabled to raft some piece of floating
timber. They mcoeeded in drawing
the boards together, and clung to the,
improvised raft from the time of the
accident until late this afternoon, while
the storm beat about them, being ex
posed to tlie most fearful gale of tlie
season. They bad almost succumbed
from 'cold, exposure, and exhaustion,
and wore with great difficulty saved by
their rescuers. '!-
The sea has been so high all day that
it ha been impossible to launch a boat
from shore, and even thi evening the
two men who went out and accom
plished the rescue risked their live in
the breakers.
Later in the evening the steamer
Alcazar ornlsed about the scene of the
wreckf bot could find no trace of the ;
othor seamon.
This Is a very dangerous locality for
shipping, and when a vessel is once
thrown on the rook she Is certain to
tie doomed, and there i little chance
for the escape of her unfortunate orew.
The Caspar sni led from Ban Francisco
resterday for Usui, where she was to
toad lumber for San Francisco. She
was owned by the Caspar Lumber Com'
pany, and registered 800 ton.
The drowned ate:
Morris Peterson, fi rst mate. ,
Andrew Anderson, Second mate.
George Offorman, chief engineer.
John Kuhn, assistant engineer.
N. C. Holverson, seaman.
Louis Bruoe, seaman.
The cook, name unknown, and five
other whose ntiruo are also unknown.
THE NOTE ANSWERED.
Spain Rays She Haa Don All In Har
rower to End tha War.
Madrid, Oct. 20. In the special note
to Mluister Woodford, the government
declare that Spain haa done all in her
power to end the war In Cuba, and oite
the manv sacritlcea which have been
made by the nation, the number of
troops sent to Cuba, and the reform
which are carried out on the island,
which are fully deaorilied.
The note ends with the statement
that "Spain will not admit tho right
of any foreign lower to interfere in any
of her affairs."
El Tempo publishes with reserve the
announcement that the reply of the
Spanish government to the United
States, presented to General Woodford,
the American minister at Madrid, de
clares that, if the United States doe
not stop the sailing of filibustering ex
peditions from American ports, Spain
will re-establish the right to search ves
sels anchoring in Cuban Water.
El Liberal thinks a rupture possible
as the result of negotiations between
Spain and the United States, and
thinks Spain ought to avoid this rup
ture, so far as duty and honor permit,
but that the government should act in
a spirit of moderation and that the
nation will under no oirenmstancea au
thorize a renunciation of Spain's rights.
Australian! Klondlk Craajr.
San Francisco, Oct. 86. -Australia
mill a,lil It. ahnra of iroldhnntors to
the Klondike region next year. When
the Alameda sailed from Sydney the
offices of the Oceanic Steamship com
pany were being besieged with miners
anxious to get to tlie new lauo oi gom.
n.nwlro.L nf lnttnra A dav were beins
received, asking for information about
the land of glacier and treasure. : A
lnn.ttiu ntfmilnr nnntllinlnff thfl ffftn-
eral information that was sought wa
prepared and copies oi it were sunt to
inquirers. .
it. U thnmrhf ilia nfflpam nf tha
Alameda that the next steamer will
nnma to this nort crowded with gold-
hunters for the Yukon.
Fatal New York Plra.
New York, Oct. 26. Two men tost
their Uvea In a fire today on Broadway,
near Ninth. When the bodies were
found, one was. in a standing position,
the upper part of the body being over a
beam. The other was at a Iront win
dow, indicating that the man had
struggled to reach air and escape the
flames. The fire was In a three-story
brick building, owned by the Sailor's
Snug Harbor estate, and oocupied by
the luundrv of Gardner & Vail. The
loss is $35,000. "'
An Aged Soldier.
Valparaiso, Ind., Oct. 86. Uncle
Charles Deokor, the oldest man in Por
toco, and probably the oldest soldior of
the late war, ia dead. He was 90 years
old. During the war, at that time be
ing 61 years old, he enlisted in com
pany I, Nineteenth Indiana oavalry,
serving one year, when he was dis.
charged for disability.
' Apples, pears and plums when tnkeu
Without sugar diminish rather than in
crease the acidity of the stomach.
DROWNED LIKE RATS
Terrible Accident on New
York Cenrtal Railroad.
TttAIN PLUNGES INTO THE HUDSON
Twanty-Elght Uvea Warn Loat IUaa
tar Caoaed by tha Owing Way
of an Embankment.
Garrison's, N. Y Oct. 26. From
the sleep that means refreshment and
rest to the eternal sleep that knows no
awakening plungod in the twinkling of
an eye this morning 88 souls, men,
women snd children. In the slimy bed
of tlie Hudson river a train laden with
lumbering humanity plowed, dragging
through the waters the passengers.
There was nothing to presage the ter
rible accident which so suddenly de
prived these unfortunates of life.
The New York Central train left
Buffalo last night, and had progressed
nearly nine-tenths of the distance
toward its destination. The engineer
and his fireman had just noted the gray
dawn breaking from the east and the
light streak of red denoting the sun's
appearance, when tlie great engine,
u servant of the rails, plnnged into the
depths of the river. Neither engineer
nor fireman will ever tell the story of
that terrible moment With band upon
the throttle the engineer plnnged with
his engine to the river's bottom, and
the fireman, too, was at bis post. Be
hind them came . the express car, the
combination car and the sleepers, and
these piled on top ot the engine.
It is known that It was a trifle foggy
and that the track was not visible, but
if there was any break in the linos
of steel it must have been ot very re
cent happening, for only an hour be
fore there paBwd over it a heavy pas
senger train laden with human freight
Neither is an explanation ready. All
is conjecture.' The section of road was
supposed to be the very best on the en'
tire division. There was a great, heavy
retaining wall all along the bank, and,
while the tide was high yesterday, it
was not unprecedented. What seems
to have happened waa that underneath
tlie tracks and ties the heavy wall had
given way. When the great weight of
the engine struck the unsupported
tracks it went crashing through the
rest of the wall and toppled over into
the river.
Then there happened what on the
railroad at any other time would have
oansed disaster, but now proved a very
blessing. As the train plunged over tha
embankment, the coupling that held
the last three of the six sleepers broke
and they miraculously remained on the
broken track. In that way some 60
lives were saved.
Following is a list of the dead as far
as ascertained up to midnight:
Tliomas Reilly, of St Louis.
E. A. Green, of Chicago.
W. H. Myers, of Tremont, N. J.
Woman, unidentified. .-.-
Woman, unidentified.
Guiseppe Paduano, of New York.
W. S. Becker, of Newark, N. J.
Unknown man, died while being res
cued. ;
A. O. McKay, private secretary tot
Genoral Superintendent Van fit ten;
body supposed to be in the wreck.
John Folye, engineer of East Albany;
body not recovered.
John Q. Tompkins, fireman, of Fast
Albany; body not recovered.
Wong Gin and eight unidentified
Chinese. .
Of eye-witnesses there were none ex
cept the orew of a tngboat passing witn
a tow. They saw the train, with its
light, as it came flashing about the
curves, and then saw the greater part of
it go into the river. Some or the cars
with olosed windows floated, and the
"tug, whistling for help, oast off its
hawser and started to the resoue.
A porter jumped from one of the oar
that remained on the track and ran into
the yard of Augustus Carr'a house,
near which the accident occurred, and
stood soreaming for help, and moaning:
"The train is in the river; all onr pas
sengers are drowned I'
In a few minntes Carr had dressed
himself, and getting a boat, rowed
with the porter to the scene. As they
turned a point into the bank, they
came upon the express car and the com
bination oar floating about 80 feet from
the shore, but sinking every minute.
One man was taken from the top of tlie
car, and efforts were made to rescue
those inside. A few were gotten ont,
tlie passengers left on the track making
a human bridge to the shore to take the
wounded on.
The day coach and smoker had gone
down in deep wate, and rescue was
impossible In the latter coaoh the
condition must have been horrible.
The car turned completely over, and
the passenger end of it was deep 'in the
water, while the baggage end stood up
towards the surface. The men in that
lower end must have fought like fiends
for a brief period, for the bodies, when
taken out, were a mass of wounds. ,
The closing Bcene of the first day of
this tragedy is drawn around a common
oar that stands near the scene of the
accident, where nearly a score of badly
mutilated bodiea, none ot them yet
claimed by friends, are lying in a long
row, grewsome evidences of the disaster,
the greatest that has ever ooourred on
the railroad. -
Total number of known dead, , IS;
estimated number of dead, 88.
A New Trial for Lueter. ;
rhinmtn n..t BA. State's Attorney
Deneen late this afternoon deoided to
... T..,utr,o-t nn trial for a second time
some day next week. New evidenoe
has been discovered, It is said, relating
ts fast i innnT nf three witnesses for the
defense. No arrangement was reaohed
a to bail.
HI8 FIRST STATEMENT.
Lnatfert Swear Ha Ia Innocent of tha
Crime Charged.
Chicago, Oct 86. The press tonight
obtained the one great feature missing
In the famous Lnetgert trial the sworn
testimony of the defedant nimselt,
Adolph A. Luetgert.
Standing tonight In the gloomy jail
adjoining the grim-looking graystone
court building, in which his remark
able trial had at last been brought to
a finish, the burly sausage-maker
capped tlie climax of the extraordin
ary series of events which began with
his sensational bankruptcy and the al
leged frightful diabolism of boiling bis
wife to death at midnight in vat in
his faotory cellar. Tonight, olosely
following the result ot the trial which
has attraoted world-wide attention,
Luetgert made under oath a statement
for tlie press concerning the fearful
crime chraged against him, the first
worn statement yet made by him and
the first statement of such kind ever
known in newspaper annals. The
affidavit wa put in writing in due
legal form, certified to by a notary.
Kx-Judge William A. Vincent, the
leading counsel for the defendant, in
this celebrated case, the man to whose
brains and skill and energy Luetgert,
beyond all doubt, owes his great legal
victory, gave consent to the affidavit
being made.
The scene in the jail when Luetgert
took the oath waa as dramatio as the
circumstances were unique. In the
dimly-lighted jail corridor, Lnetgert,
standing erect, and grasping the bars
that still kept him from liberty, lifted
his right band and solemnly asserted,
as the notary administered the binding
form. The grewsome surroundings
were reminder in some degree of the
midnight occurrences in the factory
cellar that have become familiar to
hundreds of thousands who have fol
lowed the details of the great trial.
Few, if any, of the curious prisoners
and turnkeys who were spectators bad
any inklings of what was taking place.
Luetgert, the notary and a representa
tive of the press conferred together for
a few minutes and then Lnetgert, with
out hesitation, made the affidavit and
signed it in ink with the hand that is
alleged to have committed one of the
most fiendish crimes on record.
The affidavit explicitly declares Lnet
gert's innocence. The document in
full is as follows:
"To the Public:
"The result of my trial, ending to
day, is a victory for me, because of the
disagreement of tbe jury; bnt I am
very much disappointed, and very
much surprised that tbe jury did not
bring, in a verdict ot not guilty.
"1 did not kill my wife, and do not
known where she is, but I am sure it is
only a question of time until she comes
home.
"I did not go upon the witness stand
because my lawyer, Judge Vincent,
was bitterly opposed to my doing so,
and because he advised me that it waa
not necessary. Iam grateful for the
tremendous change in public sentiment
in my favor, and time will demonstrate
that I am not only innocent, but a very
grievously wronged man.
"Adolph A. Luetgert."
"Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 85th day of Ootober, A. D. 1897.
"M. F. Sullivan, Notary Public"
The Jury DUagreed.
Chicago, Oct 85. As Adolph Luet
gert, who has been on trial on a charge
of having murdered his wife and boil
ing her body in a vat, heard this morn
ing from the foreman of the 13 men
wiio have been considering his case for
tha past 66 hours the words, "We are
unable to agree upon a verdict," he
was as imperturbable as ever, evincing
no joy.
The wonderful nerve of the defend
ant was with him to tbe end. He
Btood up, and with a good-natured
smile on his swarthy face shook hands
with his son, Arnold, bis counsel and
his business partner, William'Charles,
and in less than five minute was led
back to jail. The jury was dismissed
and the great trial was over..
THE bTICKEEN ROUTE.
Arrangement. Being Made by a Brltlah
Oct. 85. Frank Water
house, president of the Fort Wrangol,
Glonora & Tealin Lake Transportation
Company, passed through this city
today on his way to London to appoint
agent and arrange for the trip from
Europe to Dawson. From England
the first-class fare will be $1,000; second-class,
$750. These amounts in
clude transportation of supplies and
other necessities for one year. The
company will have a line of steamers
between porta on Fuget sound to tne
head of navigation of the Stickeen riv
er, a distance of 180 miles from Fort
Wrangel. From the river to. Teslin
lake", a portage of about 115 miles,
pack trains will convey the travelers,
it being intended to have about 1,000
horses on the route. Thence on Teslin
lake and the river course to Dawson, a
distance of about 450 miles, boats now
in course of construction are to be used.
Stockton, Cal., Oct 86. This after
noon, tlie jury in the case of George
Williams, charged with attempting to
wreck the New Orleans express at
Morano station, on the 4th nit, re
turned a verdict of guilty, fixing the
penalty at life imprisonment
Theaeallana May Return.
Athens, Oct. 85. The Turkish gov
ernment has granted permission to
Thessalians who fled from inessaly al
ter the invasion of the conquering
Turkish troops unifcr Edhem Pasha to
return to their homes through Pbourka
pass, Monzenkl pass and two other
passes near Trikhala and Amiroua. j
A weak solution of salt in water ia
good for sore throat when used as a
gargle, and this is still better if few
grains ef red pepper are added.
DEFENSE OF THE PORT
General Wilson Reports on
Columbia Fortifications.
EB0GEESS MADE UPON THE WORK.
Betlmntes for Hirer and Harbor Im
proYeinenU In Oregon and '
Vfa.hlngton.
Washington, Oct 25. In the an
nual report of General Wilson, chief of
enigneers, tbe following is said about
defenses at the mouth of the Columbia:
"Tbe defenses include works ot tbe
older type, one garrisoned and one in
oharge of an ordnance sergeant With
the funds appropriated by the act of
1896, work was commenced during the
year on five emplacements for 10-inch
guns on disappearing carriages, two
emplacements for 8-inch guns on disap
pearing carriages, and two mining case
mates. At tbe close of the year, the
10-inch emplacements were completed,
nd, three 10-inch carriages mounted.
A wharf had been bnilt for the con
struction of the 8-inch emplacements,
all necessary plant assembled and tba
excavation completed. One mining
casemate was also under construction.
With the funds appropriated by tbe act
of 1897, an additional emplacement for
an S-inoh gun on a disappearing car
riage and a mortar battery for eight 13
inch mortars will be constructed. At
the close of the year, plans for these
works had been partially: prepared.
There are no existing works of defense
on Pnget sound."
The following estimates are made for
river and harbor improvements for
Oregon and Washington for the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1899:
OREGON.
Coqullle river . .1115,000
Upper Coqullle rier.........-.- .... 2),Ouo
Coo. By ........ 600,000
8iulwrtver , ...... 100,000
Tillamook Bay fci.oOO
Columbia rlier below Tongue point 71,650
Columbia river and Lower Willamette... 800,000
Canal at Cascade! S3460
Gauaina tbe waters ot tbe Columbia
river 1.000
Upper Columbia and Snake rlver....... 20,000
- WASHINGTON.
Gray'a harbor. . 1430,000
Puget RODnd....MM.H.H..H . 25.0U0
Everett harbor....,.............. . 180,000
Bwlnomlab slough.. ...... 47,000
Chehali. river 8.000
Olympia harbor ,000
Cowlni river ............. ., 1,000
No action has been taken on the ap
propriation for a harbor of refuge at
Port Orford, the secretary holding that
tbe demands of commerce are not suffi
cient to occasion the expenditure.
The Bimple announcement is made
that the secretary has not approved the
project at Yaquina, and no estimate is
made.
It is stated that the land has not yet
been acquired for the boat railway at
Tbe Dalles. For the same reason,
nothing has been done on the Seattle
ditch. :- "
CERTIFICATES NOT REQUIRED.
Judge Hanford'e Ruling aa to Wlvea and
Children of Chlmeae Merchant..
Seattle, Oct' SB. Judge Hanford,
of the federal court, today handed down
a decision in a Chinese case, in which
be holds that the wives and children of
Chinese merchants doing business in
the United States do not have to have
certificates from the Chinese govern
ment to entitle them to enter this
oountry. Government officials here say
that, if the opinion is upheld by the
higher courts, it means that the impor
tant section of the Chinese exclusion
act which provides that sons and
daughters of Chinese merchants doing
business in this country mustaecure
certificates from their home government
is no longer the law. United States
District Attorney Banker will at once
report to the treasury department Judge
fianford's ruling, and it i expected
that theattorney-genreal's office will at
once take steps to have the case ap
pealed to the supreme court
Treasury agents claim that if the de
cision bolds it will open the gates for a
flood of Orientals, for, if certificates are
not required, any number of Chinese
can claim to be children of merchants
in the United States.
Jndge Hanford's decision is in direct
opposition to that of Judge Laoombe,
of New York. .
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE KILLED
Terrible Loll of Life by Cyolone In the
Philippine..
Madrid, Oct. 85. A dispatch from
Leyte, Philippine islands, says that
place has been almost devastated by a
oyolone, that many persons have been
killed and that tbe damage to property
is incalculable.
The cyolone destroyed the towns of
Tagloban and Hernani, on the island
of Leyte, as well as several villages.
It is estimated that 400 persons lost
their lives through the disaster.
Later advices from Manila say the
ovolone occurred on October 12, and
added that - Carriga and Burga, on the.
eastern coast of Leyte, had been wiped
out, and that an immense wave swept
the island. Several hundred natives
perished at Tagloban. The cyolone
also swept the island of Sammar. The
full extent of the catastropby ia not yet
known, but the damage is estimated at
7,600,000 peseta.
Will Demand Duty.
Viotoria, Oct 85. Hereafter every
pound of good not bought in Canada
will have to pay duty before being al
lowed in the Klondike oountry. The
Canadian government has seen fit to re
yoke the regulation allowing pros pec
tors to take in 100 pounds of goods free
ot duty, and customs officers will be
placed on the Stickeen route as well as
at Tagish lake and on the Yukon.
- Swords equal to the best ever mad
are still produced at Toledo In Spain. 1
STARVED TO DEATH.
Ont of a Population of Twenty-Five
Hundred, Only Five Survive. -
New York, Oct. 85. A Herald dis
patch from Havana says: A local
newspaper publishes and vouches for
the following: At Chascapeba, in the
district of San Julian, belonging to the
municipality of Melana del 8ur there
were concentrated 2,500 persons. These
recoucentrados were the only inhabit
nts of the place. Now there are only
Ave survivors, the rest having died of
hunger and fever. In Havana city it
is no unusual sight to see 10 or 18
lead on one plaza early In the morn
ing. The employers employ regular
roundsmen to remove bodies from the
parks.
There is no abatement in the activity
if the rebel b in the western provinces.
The special regiment of Veragua on
its way to the Bubi bills in Pinar del
Rio, stumbled across a dynamite bomb
and lost 10 killed and 41 wounded.
Further on thev came across another,
but it failed to explode. The soldiers
became terrified and refused to proceed.
In Havana province 100 rebels of
Raoul Arango's command entered and
raided a town. They carried away a
quantity of clothing and provisions
without a shot being fired by the garri
son. Near Artemisa, Havana province,
s band of insurgents nnder Aooa at
tacked and macheted the Spanish guer
illa force stationed on the Neptuno
estate.
In a railroad collision between Arte
misa and Mangas several soldiers were
killed.
Inhabitants of a suburb of Havana
report hearing firing just ontside the
town last night. The firing continued
for several hours, and this morning
some wounded troops were brought in.
No details of the fight have been ob
tained. ,. .
Another Filibuster. y
New York, Oct. 85. The Herald has
made investigation into tbe alleged de
parture of the filibustering expedition
from New York on the schooner Silver
Heels last Saturday. As to the suspic
ious circumstances attending the depar
ture of the vessel, H. P. Brown, her
agent said: "There is nothing suspic
ious 'about the sailing of the Silver
Heels. ' She took nothing which could
be regarded as contraband goods. She
ailed for Norfolk and Charleston in
search of a charter. As her agent, I
jhonld certainly have known if she had
taken cargo from this port."
Despite the emphatio denial of
Brown, the Herald learns from other
tources that the Silver Heels did leave
Hew York Saturday night loaded with
arms and ammunition, and that she
went direct to sea. At some point on
the high seas she is expected to trans
fer her cargo to another craft which
would have armed men on board,
whose destination is Cuba. Tomas
Estrada Palma, the Cuban representa
tive, said:
"I am positive that no armed expedi
tion left thiB port for Cuba."
i Hold-Up on Siskiyou Mountain. '
Ashland, Or., Oct 25. D. C. Pit
zer, a gardener, living four miles south
of Ashland, came to town this morning
and reported that, while returning
from a trip to Northern California,
where be had been with a load ot pro
duce, and while on Siskiyou mountain,
near Steinman, where the stage road
orosses the railroad, at 7 o'clock last
svening, he was stopped by two high
waymen, who ordered him down from
his wagon withdrawn revolvers, after
which they rifled his pockets of a sack
containing $48 in silver, but over
looked f 30 in gold in a trousers pocket
The robbers then told him to get on
bis wagon and make himself scarce,
which he did in a hurry, reaching his
home at 8 o'clock, and not reporting to
the local authorities until this morn
ing. - The authorities are now investi
gating the case. Pitzer is not able to
give a very complete description of tbe
highwaymen.
Cherokeea Are Arming. :
Little Rock, Ark., Oct 26. A spe
cial to the Gazette from -Fort Smith
lavs: It has leaked out here that the
full-blood Cherokees have been secretly
arming themselves and securing large
Quantities of ammunition for several
weeks, but it has been especially brisk
iince the return of the attorney sent to
Washington to enjoin the Dawes com
mission from proceeding to make the
Bitixenship rolls. The majority of the
Cherokees are opposed to the treaty,
but the most bitter feeling is among
the ignorant full-bloods. They are
prepared to resist any attempt to
ohange their tribal government. No
immediate outbreak ia anticipated, but
a great deal depends upon the aotion of
the council next Monday.
' Taeoma Woman Killa Heraelf.
Taeoma, Wash., Oct. 88. Mrs.
Frank Alwyn, wife of a Baloon-keeper,
shot herself in the breast at an early
hour this morning, dying almost in
itantly. The act was committed in
St Joseph's hospital, where she was
admitted last night. She carefully
planned for her death, wrapping her
self in a rubber blanket, so tbe bed
clothing would not become bloody.
She left a note saying she waa tired of
life with directions for her funeral.
In a bureau was found a shroud, made
by horself, with a card pinned on it
upon which was "Bury me in this."
Mrs. Alwyn was 88 years old.
A Premature Kiplo.lon.
Kingston, N. Y., Oot 86. At Bos
sndale today the premature explosion
of a blast in Snyder's cement quarry
killed Arnold Johnson instantly and
inflicted probably fatal injuries on
three others. '
Abynlnlana Devastating Bomllland.
Cairo, Oct. 85. News reached here
from Somalil and that the Abyssinian
are devastating that country. They
have already dispersed or wiped out 10
great Somal tribe
NORTHWEST BREVITIES
Evidence of Steady Growth
4 and Enterprise.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
From All tha Cltlea and Towna of :
tha Thriving Sister State
--Oregon. :
A fishing crew oaught between 800
nd 1,000 herring in one night last
week, in Yaquina bay.
A farmer of Malheur county,' this
year sold 78,000 pounds of wool and 61
head, of choice beef oattle.
Eighteen thousand dollars in gold
bullion was the output of the Bonansa
mine in Baker county last month.
Tbe Ashland Iron works are working .
on a 11,500 order for pulleys, shafting,
etc., from the Sissons Lumber Se Mer
cantile Company.
The keel for tbe Alaska Gold Min
ing & Navigation Company's boat that
is being built in the Siuslaw, near
Florence, measures 126 feet in length
There are now 1.300 signers in
Astoria to the petition for the bridge
across Young's bay. Only about 1,400
names are required to put the measure
through. ' . . ' '' '
Among Mr. Dade's sheep on Birch
oreek, in Umatilla connty, is a lamb
with only one ear and one eye. It was
born thus, and is fully developed in
erery other respect.
Contractor JacobBon. who is work
ing on tbe jetties on Coos bay and on
tbe Siuslaw, haa about 180 men em- -ployed.
He says his contracts will be
finished in two or three months.
There are no empty houses in Yale,
Malheur county. Several farmers have
been compelled to give up the idea of
living in town in order to send their,
children to school, because of the lack
of houses.
The run of chinooks in Coos bay was
light last week, and silversides were
scarce also. There has been a great im
provement, however, in the last few:
days, and boats on the lower bay are,
making good catches. , .
One day last week Hume's fishing
crew at the mouth of Rogue river made
a regular old-time catch of salmon,
raking in 8,750 at one haul of the seine.
There is a large run of salmon coming
into Sixes river, in Curry county.
A fish eight or nine inches long and
somewhat resembling the Sound mack
erel is being canght along the water
front in Astoria. : No one seems to
know just of what specie it is, but such
a fish was seen in these waters about
five years ago.
There is greater activity witnessed
in ana around uratn tnis ran man nas
been seen here before for years. New .
buildings are being built, old ones re-'
paired, sidewalks made and improved, '.
empty houses are rapidly filling up, a
brickkiln of over 100,000 ia always
ready for burning, and thousands of
cords of wood are being handled by
woodmen.
A disease called glanders ia oausing
the death of quite a number of horse
in Paradise. Wallowa county. The!
people there have asked the county
court to order ths stock inspector to
that place to take steps to prevent tha
spread of the disease. At this particu
lar time, however, the oounty is with-,
ont a stock inspector, but the matter,
will be attended to at the next session
of the court
Movement of the hop crop has not
yet started, except on sales contracted
before harvest, and neither buyers nor
growers are able to say when it will.
A few sales are reported from Polk
connty at 16 cents, and it is stated on
good authority that 15' cents has
been offered in Salem for choice hops.
The price, generally offered, however,
ia from 13 to 13 cents. This, grow
ers are unwilling to take, and in some
instances, agents having failed to buy
at these figures, the orders have been
recalled. 'l
Washington.
The Lincoln oounty tax levy has been
fixed at 16 mills.
: The shingle mill in Kelso, Cowlita
tounty, is cutting 170,000 shingles in
11 hours. This is at the rate of over
160,000 in 10 hours.
By a vote of 10 to 4, the Taeoma city
council passed an ordinance making it
imperative for women to remove' tbeir
bats in places of public amusement
Tea Inspector Palmer has rejected
800 cases of Japanese tea, reoently
brought to Seattle on the Nippon Yn
sen liner, Kinshui Maru. The inspec
tor says the tea haa apparently onae
been used. '
A farmer ot Yakima will this fall
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BUW a IUI Ul lliu uiMuu-ini&cu-u, x;oi-
mnda grass, which is said to thrive on
dry hilly ground without irrigation. If'
the test proves successful the grass will
be largely sown for sheep fodder.
Tests made at the Washington state,
agricultural college ot beets grown on
irrigated lands in Yakima oounty un-
der tha system ot experiments inaugur
ated by the Northern Pacific, show a
range of from 14 to 20i per cent of
sugar, with an average above 18 per
cent These results are said to be very
satisfactory.
Thurston oounty will build a steel
bridge with 200-foot span across tha
Chehalis river, near Grand Mound.
During the past week grain haa been
pouring in from the fields to the ware
houses and mills in Dayton, and they
are now nearly filled to overflowing.
Very little grain is being sold or ship
ped, the farmers desiring to hold for a
higher price. Most of them want to
hold for 76 cents, but if that pries is
reaohed again and the market bat a
tendency to go still higher, they would
no doubt still continue to hold. .